The festival of Dussehra is celebrated every year in Kanpur with full pomp and show. The streets are lit and the roadside festive stalls are buzzing, symbolic of the happiness in everyone’s hearts.

Dussehra Ravan Dahan is a major practice on this day in which effigies of Ravan are burnt throughout the country.

Dussehra 2024 will be celebrated on October 12 and here are 10 locations in Kanpur where you can witness Ravan Dahan with your friends and family:

1. Parade Ground

2. Swaroop Nagar, near Rajeev Medical Store

3. Saket Nagar

4. Lajpat Nagar

5. H Block, Kidwai Nagar

6. Moti Jheel

7. Lajpat Nagar

8. G Block, Gujaini

9. A Block, Gujaini

10. Kalyanpur

The practice of Ravan Dahan takes places in the evening. Along with Ravan, the effigies of Kumbhakaran and Meghanath are also burnt.

This Dussehra, let's reflect and renew our values and remind ourselves that righteousness and truth overpower wrongdoing and deceit always.

Wish you a very happy and safe Dussehra and a joyous festive season ahead!